CVE-2017-14159
low-risk
Published 2017-09-05
slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.45 and earlier creates a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command, as demonstrated by openldap-initscript.
Do I need to act?
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0.09% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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4
CVSS 4.7/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (2)
References (4)
19
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
12/34 · Low
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
7/34 · Low